Controlling mechanism for type-machines.



J. S. BANGROFT & M. G. INDAHL.

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JOHN SELLERS HANOROFT AND MAURITZO. IN DAIIL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS T0 LANSTON MONOTYPEMAOHINE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Applicationlfiled May 10, 1967. Serial No. 872,981.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JonN SELLERS BAN? oaorr andMAURI'rz (J. INDAHL, oi Philadel- .en'nsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Im rovement in Controlling Mechanism for yperMachincs; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of'this specification, and to the figures and letters of referenceinarked thereon. a

This invention relates to means for controlling the movements of a driven member;

composing machine, andhas for its 0 ects to increase the speed ca acity of the machine as a whole and iminish wear and breakage. One of the principal speed limiting factors in such machines. 18 the momentum of the disease and associated movable elements. It is responsible for much of the wear which takes lace on the guiding surfaces especially the si es of the matrices, and for the severe shocks to which. the actuating and. locating or positionin devices are subjected. Attemptshave een made to modify its effects so as to diminish the shocks, revent overthrow and increase the spec capacity of the machine by applyinga mechanical, friction or braking device to the driven memtially successful owing, in part at least, to the inability to secure a device of this class possessing a uniform and constant coefficient ol' resistance under normal conditions of use, or one which would beregulable to accord wi 'h different rates of speed.

hese and other defects and deficiencies are removed by the present invention which hydraulic governor to resist the motion of translation; in a novel construction of the governor; in the. use of a coupling device intermediate the governor and driven member adapted to automatically relieve the driven member from the controlling influence of the governor after being brought to final position, so that said driven member will be me to respond to other or supplemental centering or adjusting devices; and in the novel combinations, constructions and arran ements of parts hereinafter fully descri ed and claimed.

In the-accompanyin a preferred form of emhodiment and application of the said invention: Figure l is a to plan view of a portion of a type machine withthe improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is ,a view in perspective of the attachment including the hydraulic governor together with couplin devices for the die case and its carrier. ig. 3 is a top lan view of the relief connection between t 1e governor and die case orits carrier, the top plate being omitted. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the relief connection, showing the position and action of the lever during the translation period and before final centering. Fi 5 is a sectional view on the line x.r, of F i 3. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section 0 the governor. Fig. 7 is a transverse vertical section of the same Fig 8 is an end view of the governor. Fi 9 1s a horizontal section on line y-'y 0 Fig. 6. Fig. 10 and Fig. l]. are sectional views on lines o-o, and w--w, respectively, of Fig. 6.

Corresponding etters and numerals in the several views designate like parts. For purposes of illustration the invention is shown as applied to the die-case centering mechanism forming part of the tvpe casting and com )OSlI1 machine of Merit No. 625,998, ated ll'lay 30, 1899, to which rcl'eronce is had for a more full disclosure.

It will sufiice for present )urposcs to designate some of the principal elements of the patented machine with which the present invention is more directly connected in operation, such as die-case A equi )ped with a plurality of matrices; carrier I provided with guides for the die-case, and movable upon a supportim frame; primary controllers or fixed gages primary )ositioning or gaging mechanism represented by op msitely movable jaws D; secondary controllers or shil'tahlegages E; secondary positioning or gagin V mechanism re resented by 0 posiiely mova le aws l; an translating evices G connected to the die case and its carrier and operated upon by jaws F to bring a matrix to. the position indicated by gages E.

Gages E receive their setting during the opening or separating motions ol' jaws F, and

d rawings illustrating as the latter close upon said gages thev en- (ill case and its carrier to the positions designated by said gages, after which the jaws separate leaving the die case tree to respond to the action of a final positioning mechanism, such as the centering pin H. 'lhis preliminary centering "or adjusting of the diecase is but one of a series of operations performed in the production of each type, and as the closing movement of jaws F occupies but a fraction of one revolution of thc driving shalt the speed of translation of the diecase from one position to another is necessarily very rapid even when the machine is run at a comparatively low speed.

It is obvious that the degree of )ressure necessary to overcome the inertia o the die case and its carrier when at rest greatly exceeds that required to n'iaintain it in motion alter it is once started. lVhen, therefore, the die case or carrier is started in motion the actuating devices being under tension cause the engaging jaw to forcibly project the driven member against the opposite jaw, from which it rebounds, thus )rodncing a hammer action which not only tends to ru ture and deface the parts, but to set up vi rations especially in urious to the mat-- rices and other bearing surfaces, in that it unduly increases the wear and thus interl'cres with the registry between individual matrices and the stations to which gages E are assigned.

'lhis vibratory motion or hammer action incident to the preliminary centering ol' the die case is due in a large measure to the circumstance that the power expended in starting the driven member from a condition ol' rest is consitlerably'in excess of that required to maintain it in motion, and is sullicicnt in degree to place the driving members under elastic tension, thereby storing up power which is expended immediately the incrtia ol' the driven member is overcome and operates to project said driven member at a speed in excess of the normal speed of the. driving member. To neutralize or overcome this tendency ol' the driven member to be projected or drivcn suddcnlv away from the driving member, cat-h translalin; dcvice has coupled with it a hydraulicgovernor adapted and operating to mtcrpose a 'ljxcd mcasure of resistance snllicient to absorlr neutralize the movement imparted to the translating devices in excess of the normal speed of the 'aw or driving member, thereby counteracting the effect of resilience and. maintaining the driving and driven members in contact while in motion.

The hydraulic governor, so called, is an apparatus containing a movable member, such as a piston, operating to dis lace a liquid whose flow is restricted. In t e prei'erled form of embodiment illustrated two such governors are emplo ed, one for the die-case and the other for t a carrier, but as they are duplicates a description of one will serve for both.

To the frame of the machine is secured a casing 1 provided with a detachable cover 2, and forming a receptacle for the liquid, preferably oil.

The governors are mounted upon and carried by the cover 2 so as to be removable therewith, and each comprises a pair of oposing cylinders 3, 4, formed in dependent rame 5 carried by cover 2, the proximate ends of said cylinders bein open and the outer or opposite ends ClOSB( save for a duct 6 communicating with the interior of the chamber and terminating in a valve seat 7. An outward opening or pu pet valve 8 rests normally upon seat 7, said valve being supported and guided u on the lower end of a tubular bolt 9 three ed through the cover, for adjustment, and earr ing a spring 10 en gaging a spherical endetl plug 11 seated on the valve. Each cylinder 3, 4, is provided with a piston 12 containing a longitudinal passage or, assages 13 and the two pistons are coupler together by means of a cross head or connecting rod 14 passing freely through bearin s in the pistons and provided at each end wit an engaging nut or shoulder 15, beyond the piston, and a valve 16 op 0- site the inner end of'the piston, said va ve seating on the piston to close assage 13 when the rod 14 is moved in a direction to force the piston toward the closed end of its cylinder. The interval between shoulder 15 and its associated valve 16 is somewhat in excess of that between their bearings on the piston in order that when the shoulder is engaged, to move the pistontoward the open or inner end of its cylinder, the valve will be unseated and thus 'ermit free ontrance of liquid to the cylin l r through pas sage 13.

It is a )parcnt that it it he attempted to move rod 14 longitudinally in either direction the valve 16 at the front end will immediately seat on its piston, ,thus closing the inlet to its cylinder, while the valve 16 at the opposite end will be unseated, to open the inlet. to its cylinder, after which further advance of the rod is )rcvcntml by the li uid entrapped in the cylinder until the l08.( or resistance of sprinp It) is overcome, when valve 8 will be lifted and held suspended while the liquid discharges from the cylinder into the chamber, the rate of discharge bei proportional to the speed of the piston an the size of the discharge opening. Upon a reverse motion of the connecting red the same action takes place at the opposite end, the cylinder at that end dischar ing while the rear cylinder is recharged. he ob'ect in thus checking the motion of the r0 in either direction is to accommodate the movements of. the die-case and its carrier in reverse directions from intermediate positions, and

the arrangement of two independent pistons and op osinp open-eluted cylinders, in stead of [L single piston working in op )USltC i directions in a. closed cylinder provided with independent inlet and discharge valves, is i noiol'redbecause it does away with stuiling boxes.

Connecting rod 14 are each coupled to move in unison with one of the trnnshtting devices (i, so that the motion derived from jiiws i will be trnnsinittiul through said translating devices to the rods 14 of the governor, thus applying; the resistance to the driven member. A convenient arranger ment for this purpose, one specially adapted to the machine illustrated, con'iprisestwoi shnl'ts 17. I8, suppm'tcd in hearings on cover 2, and eiieh coupled with one of the connect ing or piston rods i4, :18 by :1 gear and rack connection 19, or an arm and pin connection 20. Each translating device G has associated with it it rack bar 21 and gem-segment 22, one of the latter carried by shaft 17, end the other coupled with shaft 18, through arm 23, rod 24, arm 25, and shaft 26.

W'ere it not for interierei'ice with the action of the final )ositioning mechanism or centering pin, rec bars 21 might be formed interel with or secured to their respective trans sting devices G, but as this would require said final positioning mechanism to operate against the resistance of the hydraulic governors and greatly increase the wear upon the matrices, an indirect connection is preferred, one whereby the piston rods 14 of the governors will be effectively coupled with the dic-case and carrier during the period of translation and untjl those devices are brought to the position indicated by gages E, and then released preliminary to the action of the final positioning mechanism. With this end in view heads 27 of the trans lotin devices G, located between and against which jaws F impinge in moving the die case and carrier to indicated position, are each grooved to receive one end of s movable member or ruck-bar 21, the latter being thus guided toreciprocatelongitudinally of the translating device and in parallel with the movement of jaws F. Pivotally supported on head 27 is a lever 28 extending. tronsversely of rack l ttl' 21, the hitter being, cut away or grooved for the passage of said lever and to form a, pivot bearing thereon its shown in Figs. 3 and 5. One end of lever 28 is pro jccted beyond head 27 into the path of jaws F, the latter being notched or cut away to receive the head 27, while the overlapping or projecting portions of the jaws are so proportioncd as to'engiigc the end of lever 28 and hold the some at right angles to the bar 21 when both jaws are engaged with head 27 and the latter is clamped between them. The opposite end of lever 2H is movable between stops or abutmcnts 29 on head 27.

As thus in'rin'iged when one member ol :1. pair of jaws l engages head 27 to shil't the dieeusc or carrier in either direction, the drum or resistance of the. hvdraulic govcrnor wi hold rack bar Elsntionery until the interlocking incmber'or lever 28 contacts with its sto v 29 when said ruck bill will be compelled to i ollow the movement of the head 27 of the translating devicesv This will curry the free end of lever 28 away from the advancing jaw F where it will remain until the head 27 is brought against the op iosite or stationary jaw i when lever 23 will be engaged by the overlapping end of the stationary jaw, and tilted slightly, thcrcbv giving to the governor piston u movement ightl v in excess of that given head '27 and withdrevving lever 28 from stop 29 into a, position midway between the two stops. When now jaws l separate, us they do preparatory to the liiml centering operation, llt'ildl 27 end with it the translating devices connected tlwrcwit h, are left free to respond to the centering devices, while rack bar 21 retains its position, the requisite degree of independent movement being permitted by the free oscillation of lever 28. between steps 29. Thus the hydraulic. govcrnor is in. effect disconnected during the linel centering operation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

I. In it meohnnisln such as described pro vided with driving and driven members the former provided with elastic actuating: devices and in combination therewith. n hydraulic ower-nine device coupled with the driven member when its inertia. of rest is overcome by the driving, member, to restrain its motion.

2. in a. mechanism such ELS described provided with it driving member receiving motion through elastic actuating devices and un indo iendently inovnble driven n'iember, the combination with said driven member of a hydraulic governor.

3. [n a mechanism such as described ro vidcd with independent driving:' and driven members the former receiving its motion through. clnstic :u-tuatii'ig devices and in combination therewith a. hydraulic governor coupled with the driven member end having it coellicient of resistance substantially equal to the resilient. :iction ol the driving incinbcl's.

4. ln :1. mcchnnism such as described provided with driving nnd driven members and in combination therewith hydraulic new ernoncouplmi with the driven member and means For discmmecting the governor :uid driven member at the conclusion ol' the hittcrs movement. I

5. in ll mcclmnism such as described provided with two driven members movi ble one upon the other and indc mndent driving lOU l HI

members for said driven members, and in combination therewith, two hydraulic governors, one for each driven member, and means for coupling said governors to the driven members during the movements of translation and of releasing the latter at the termination of said movements.

6. In a ty 1e composing machine provided with a mova le die-case and a driving or adjusting mechanism therefor, and in combination therewith, a hydraulic governor coupled with the die-case to resist movement of the latter.

7. In a type composing machine provided with a reciprocating die-case and a reciprocating support therefor, and actuating devices for adjusting said sup ant and in combination therewith a hydraulic governor coupled with said die-case sup ort.

8. In a type composing mac iine provided. with a reeiprocatory dic-case, a reciproeatory support therefor and independent actuating or adjusting mechanisms for said die-case and its support, and in combination there,

with, inde cndent hydraulic governors coup led with t 1e die-case and its support, respec tively.

9. In a type composing machine the com bination with a movable die case and. actuating devices therefor, of a. hydraulicgovernor coupled with said die-case andoperating to resist the movements of the latter in relatively opposite directions.

10. In a. type composing mechanism provlded with a reciprocatory d1ecase, a sup-' port or carrier therefor mounted to rcci n'ocute in guides transversely of the movement of its die-case. and actuating 0r centering mechanisms for said die-case and so iport. and in combination therewith two hyd raulic governors separately coupled with the diecase and its support.

11. In a type composing mechanism the combination of the following elements; to wit, a reciprocalol'y member su h as a diecase or its carrier provided with translating devices; a pair of opposite! movable jaws engaging said translating devices to shil't and position said rcciprocatory member; and a hydraulic governorcoupled with said reciprocatory membec 12. In a type com Josing mechanism the combination of the ollowing elements, to wit; a die case monntedto reciprocate u on a carrier or support, the latter adaptet to reciprocate in lines transverse to the movement of the die-case; translating devices coupled with said die-case and carrier independent .-ictuating or centering devices for said d ie-case and carrier each including a pair of oppositely movable jaws engaging the translating devices; and two independenthydraulic governors coupled with the diecase and carrier, respectively, operating to retard the motion.

13. In a type composing mechanism the combination with a reciprocatory member or die-case pro Med with translating devices, and centering or adjustin i devices therefor including oppositely moviible jaws engaging said translating devices, and in combination therewith, a hydraulic governor, and means for coupling the latter with the reciprocatory member or die case while under the control of the jaws and releasing said member or die case upon the withdrawal or opening of said jaws.

14. In a ty 0 composing machine the comhination of t following elements, to wit; a movable member or die case, an adjusting mechanism for shifting said movable member rovided with oppositely movable jaws; a iyo 'aulic governor; and means for coupling said governor with said movable member during and releasing it after the period of translation from oneposition of adjustment to another.

15. In a type composing machine the coinbination of the following elements, to wit; a movable die case; an adjusting mechanism including oppositely movable jaws; a hydraulic governor; and means for coupling said governor with the die-case including means for autoimitically relieving the die case from the control of the governor when positioned by the adjusting mechanism.

16. In a type composing machine the combination of the following elements, to wit; a reoiprocatory die-case; a positioning mechanism for shift-in said die-case; a centering mechanism; a hydraulic governor; and means for coupling the governor to the die-case during the movement imparted by the positioning mechanism and for releasing the die-case during the action of the centering mechanism.

17. In a type composing machine the combination of the following elements, to wit; a reciprocatery die-case; a reciprocatory support for the die case; two sets of positioning devices one for the die-case and the other for its support; two hydraulic governors, one for the die-case and the other for its support; means for coupling the die 'ase and support to their respective governor. during translation and means controlled. by the positioning devices for releasing the governors.

18. In a type composing machine provided with a reciprocatory die-case: translating devices, a shii'table gage and oppositely movable positioning jaws, and in combination therewith, a hydraulic governor, means for coupling the latter with the translating devices, and means acted upon by the positioning jaws for releasing the die-case from the control of the governor.

1.). In a mechanism provided with oppositely movable positioning jaws, a shil'table gage to determine the closed position of said J jaws and translating devices acted upon by said jaws, and in combination therewith, a hydraulic overnor and means for detacha bly coupling the latter with the translating devices.

20. In a mechanism provided with oppositely movable ositioning jaws, gaging devices inter ose between said jaws to determine the c osed position thereof, and a translating device or driven member interposed between said jaws and in combination therewith a hydraulic governor for said translating device and means for coupling the latter with the governor while moving under the influence of the jaws, said coupling means including a member movin in unison with the governor and provided with a movable lnter- )ckin member.

2]. in an adjusting mechanism comprising oppositely movable aws, gagin means and a translating device interposed ctween said jaws, and in combination therewith, a movable member coupled with a resistant, and

an interlocking device connecting said movable member and the translating device in a manner to permit limited independent motion.

22. In an ad 'usting mechanism such as described provi ed with oppositely movable jaws, a gage therefor and a translating device and in combination therewith, a movable member coupled with a resistant, and a lever interposed between thesaid movable member and translating device in osition to be engaged by the jaws when c osed.

23. In an ar justing mechanism such as described provided with o positely movable jaws, a gage therefor ant a translatin device, and in combination therewith a ever carried by the translating device in position to be engaged by the jaws when closed :1 ml movable between limiting stops, and a hydraulic governor or resistant coupled with said lever.

24. In an adjusting mechanism such as described, the combination of the following elements, to wit a pair of oppositely movable jaws; a gage for determining the closed positions of said jaws; a translating device interosed between the jaws and provided with a ever extending transversely of and into the line of movement of said jaws and stops for limiting the movement of said lever; and a resistant coupled with said lever. v

25. In an adjusting mechanism such as described the combination of the following elements; to wit; a air of oppositely movable jaws; means for r etermining the closed position of said jaws; a translating device interposed between said jaws; a bar supported in guides upon the translating device and coupled wit 1 a resistant; and 'means for interocking said bar and translating device comrising a lever engaging said last named members movable between limiting stops and projecting into the path of the jaws.

26. In an adj ustin mechanism such as described rovided wit a plurality of pairs of opposite y movable jaws, gages and translating devices and in combination therewith, a plurality of hydraulic governors, one for each translating device, and means for coupling JOHN SELLERS BANCROF'I.

MAURITZ C. INDAHL.

Witnesses:

lt'lon'rmnn A. JONES, Josnrn B. Onnnon.

each governor with its translating device 

